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Attack of the Ladybugs. On top of Centennial Cone, Colorado.

http://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Climbers.php?Id=4526

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Deb

UGH!

Voted 10/10

What the hell is going on there?! NASTY!! And they DO bite, don't they?!

Posted Aug 3, 2007 2:57 pm


	Jeremy Hakes	Re: UGH!
	Hasn't voted	Actually, I have a thought or two here - I think they were making whoopee, and I'm guessing that they hibernate here and come out/hatch in the spring as well - I've seen hordes like this before, but not anything like this.
		Posted Aug 3, 2007 3:02 pm


	Jeremy Hakes	Re: UGH!
	Hasn't voted	Oh, and I forgot - no, they don't bite. At least not people. :) They do a marvelous job on aphids, though. :)
		Posted Jun 10, 2008 2:40 pm

lcarreau

Jeremy ..

Voted 10/10

Greetings. I've seen this same
thing happen on Rincon Peak, just
east of Tucson, Arizona. You're
right, it's connected to mating
and changes in the seasons.

Posted Jun 10, 2008 2:27 pm


	Jeremy Hakes	Re: Jeremy ..
	Hasn't voted	Strange - the more peaks I'm on, the more I see it. :) Almost always below 10K', and definitely seasonal (fall/spring).
		Posted Jun 10, 2008 2:42 pm


	lcarreau	Re: Jeremy ..
	Voted 10/10	Ladybugs won't fly if the temperature is below 55 degrees (F). Also, some species are migratory and form 'aggregations' during the migratory period in fall/spring. Kind of like swarms of bees. Cool stuff!
		Posted Jun 10, 2008 3:02 pm

cp0915

Seen 'em like that before

Voted 10/10

on the summit of Kendrick Peak (10,418 feet) in northern AZ. Thousands of them.

Posted Jun 10, 2008 3:00 pm


	lcarreau	Re: Seen 'em like that before
	Voted 10/10	Yes, I need to get up there to the Flagstaff area. It was 94 degrees in Payson yesterday! Time to spread my wings and fly north.
		Posted Jun 10, 2008 3:05 pm